Powerball, Mega Millions jackpots soar past $300 million

If there is no jackpot victor, the money in the jackpot pool rolls over to the next POWERBALL drawing.

The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to $306 million, the cash option is now $191 million.

Winners of winning Powerball ticket in Melbourne Beach will be announced in Tallahassee on Wednesday. For either to land in the U.S.'s top 10 jackpots, they would have to surpass the $448.4 million Powerball prize shared by two winners back in August 2013.

The odds of hitting the big prize in each game are about 1 in 300 million.

The Powerball drawing Saturday will be for a $384 million prize. In August, an IL player won a $393 million jackpot.

According to the website, powerball.net, IN lays claim to 39 jackpot winners since the game began IN 1992, totaling 10.7 percent of all jackpot winners. That jackpot was also the second largest in the game's history and the second largest in US lottery history.

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